John Gill Commentary 2 Samuel 5:4

"David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years." — 2 Samuel 5:4 (ASV)

David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign
Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he entered upon his public ministry, (Luke 3:23) ;

[and] he reigned forty years ;
and six months, as appears by (2 Samuel 5:5) ; but the months are not mentioned, only the round number of years given: two reasons the Jews ^F1 give for this; the one, that he fled six months from Absalom; the other is, that he was ill in Hebron so long, and therefore are not reckoned.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 77. I.